Holiday crowds
Updated: 2014-10-11 06:52
(China Daily)
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Although the Chinese called the seven-day holiday that started Oct 1 the Golden Week, the luster wore thin for many tourists during this time of the year. According to media reports, China's major tourist attractions received 3.6 million visitors on Oct 6, up 11 percent year-on-year, based on data from 124 tourist sites across the country collected by the China National Tourism Administration.
Ticket receipts at these attractions stood at 172.8 million yuan ($28.2 million) on Oct 6, up 4.7 percent from the same period last year.
In the first six days of the holiday, 29.3 million people visited tourist sites monitored by the CNTA, spending 1.5 billion yuan on tickets.
The China Tourism Academy predicted that about 480 million trips would be made during this year's National Day holiday and tourism revenue might jump by 20 percent from a year ago to 27 million yuan.
More than 144,000 people visited the Palace Museum in Beijing on Oct 2. Despite a small drop in the number of visitors from the previous day, it was still crowded with little standing room. Jin Liangkuai / Xinhua |
The Great Wall Badaling section in Beijing was bursting at the seams. Provided to China Daily |
The vehicles on the highway in Suichuan, Jiangxi slowly laboured their way forward on Oct 5. Provided to China Daily |
The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing saw endless streams of people. Dong Jinlin / for China Daily |
Hangzhou's Broken Bridge scenic spot ushered crowds of tourists who had lined up past the length of the bridge on Oct 1. Zhu Yinwei / for China Daily |
Visitors at Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan. Geng Guoqing / for China Daily |
(China Daily 10/11/2014 page19)
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